Littlemoor and Preston | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 9,528 |
Major settlements | Littlemoor, Preston |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | Louie O'Leary (Conservative) |
Councillor | Peter Dickenson (Conservative) |
Number of councillors | 2 |
Littlemoor and Preston is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Dorset Council. [1]
On 6 November 2023, councillor Tony Ferrari died after collapsing while running. [2]
The Littlemoor and Preston ward covers the Weymouth suburbs of Littlemoor and Preston. [3]
Election | Councillors | |||
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2019 | Louie O'Leary [4] | Tony Ferrari [5] | ||
2024 by-election | Peter Dickenson [6] | |||
2024 |
A by-election was held on 11 January 2024 to replace Tony Ferrari who died. [7] It was held by Conservative Peter Dickenson. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Ferrari | 1,078 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Louie James O`Leary | 988 | 32.4 | ||
Independent | Michael McCallister Wilkinson | 741 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Richard Tewkesbury | 719 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 629 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Ann Weaving | 527 | 17.3 | ||
Green | John Victor Tomblin | 505 | 16.6 | ||
Independent | David Skinner | 347 | 11.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,050 | 40.15 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Littlemoor is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Littlemoor is about 2 miles (3 km) to the north of the town centre. The nearest railway station is Upwey 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the west.
Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Weymouth town centre and 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the village of Osmington.
Dorset Council is a unitary local authority for the district of Dorset, encompassing almost all of the county of the same name (Dorset) except for the district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Created in April 2019, the council was formed when the county moved from a two-tier county council and district council system to a one-tier system, with the county divided into two districts administered by two independent unitary authorities.
The Alliance for Local Living (ALL) was a minor localist party and political group based in Dorset, with separate branches in the two authorities, ALL for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and ALL for Dorset. The BCP office was based in Poole, whilst the Dorset office was based in Weymouth. The party was deregistered in November 2023, at which point it had four councillors on Dorset Council, who continued to sit together as an informal grouping.
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